[CUSTOM] not-Hasbro

Sanjeev Wrote:
> The concept of a toy being optimized for certain
> poses is kind of an interesting one to me. Like,
> in the designer vinyl thread, we talked about
> "fight figures" (think original He-Man or TMNT
> toys), where the toy is pretty much locked in a
> "battle ready" pose. For classical robot toys, the
> pose was always the rigid, stand-at-attention
> pose. But for a lot of modern toys that are almost
> geared more for adults, we get a lot of crotch
> thrust or wide "A" stances.

If a modern robot toy can't do a nice, relaxed, moderate A-stance than I get mad at it. (Think the stance that all of the Gundam Fix design art has - they even have occasional articles in hobby magazines about how to get your kits and figures into that pose at just the right angle.)

> That's one of my only criticisms of the Unicron
> toy: either he has a crazy-awkward-looking
> "attention" stance, where is ankles look bolted
> together, or he has a really wide A stance.
> Neither looks right to me: the ankles-together
> pose doesn't work on him like it does on a Jumbo
> Machinder, and the wide stance makes him look like
> he's about to do some chop-socky on your ass. Why
> would a planet-sized robot need to roundhouse kick
> me??? But like a lot of modern toys, he's just not
> designed to have a more natural standing pose. :/

I happen to like blocky robots. The blocky vehicle mode doesn't quite fit with the super sleek Generations figure's jet mode, but I like the idea enough to grab them. I might just buy all three for the sake of having a little modern Metalhawk even if I'm not going to get the hideous Botcon Metalhawk.

asterphage Wrote:
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> I like Thunderwing, and I like the idea of an
> add-on inner robot for the new toy. But I hate the
> design of the new toy, so I don't care about the
> add-on. It's a paradox.

Because we have a tendency to agree so much...I actually think Thunderwing's one of the better things to come out of HasTak's CHUG line (yes, I'm using that acronym). It was a really cool toy to me.

Anyway, as Sanjeev suggested, the way the new toy docks to the nose is accurate. Too bad the jet mode overall is not.

Ah...well, is the clear red in reference to something? The purple makes obvious sense, but was there a scene in a comic or some shit like that featuring Devastator's gun glowing or melting or something like that?